Old Pond publishing days

Potato Files and 5th Diseworth Working Weekend DVDs available

Tractor Barn duo Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam have released two new programmes. Both are available from Old Pond Publishing.

The Potato Files retails at £15.95. The Diseworth 5th Working Weekend is £13.95. Prices include VAT.

Poacher DVD and County Tractors book in stock

John Hull's absorbing paperback The Best Job Ever (working for County) is available from Old Pond at £9.95.

Last year Charlotte Paton wrote the true story of Fred Rolfe, King of the Norfolk Poachers; this year she's put on DVD some of the background to her research. See The Truth Behind 'I Walked by Night'.

Three American Classic Tractor Fever DVDs in stock

At Old Pond we now have stock of three more Classic Tractor Fever DVDs.

Orange Spectacular,for Allis-Chalmers fans, shows highlights of the 15th Orange Spectacular event.

Preserving Pieces from Our Past, in magazine format deals with the restoration and preservation of tractors in the United States.

Defining History examines the impact on American farming of key examples of tractors and machinery.

Lincoln's Excavators Parts 1 an 2 books available

Customers ordering online from Old Pond can now obtain Peter Robinson's detailed and highly illustrated hardbacks. Lincoln's Excavators: the Bucyrus Years 1875-1930 is now available here. Part Two: the Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1930-1945 is here.

A Year on an Arable Farm - DVD in stock

Old Pond has now received stock of Andrew Lyle's DVD A Year on an Arable Farm.

Donkeys, Dredgers, Ford Tractors - new book and DVDs in stock

Now in stock at Old Pond and available from the website are:

Know Your Donkeys, by Jack Byard, paperback £4.99

Massive Backhoe Dredgers by Steven Vale, DVD £17.95

Ford Tractors 1965-95 by George French and Dennis Burston, DVD £16.95.

New David Kindred book on Harwich and Dovercourt in stock

Harwich and Dovercourt: the photographs of Alfred Smith by David Kindred and Peter Goodwin. This new softback book is now in stock at Old Pond Publishing at £12.95. Other books by David Kindred are to be found in Old Pond's photograph section.

DAF at Work and other new trucking titles in stock

Patrick W Dyer's new book DAF at Work: 2800, 3300 & 3600 is now in stock at Old Pond. Also in stock are the trucking DVDs from CP Productions and books from Roundoak.

Long Haul Pioneers book back in stock

The Long Haul Pioneers, Ashley Coghill's book about Astran's Middle East trucking, has been reprinted and is now back in stock at Old Pond.

Trucking DVDs from CP Productions and Roundoak available from Old Pond

Old Pond Publishing is now able to offer the trucking DVDs distributed by Nynehead books, originated by Roundoak and CP Productions.

Since the early 1990s Pete Connock and Martin Phippard of CP Productions have taken annual trips to see and film examples of the most powerful, exciting and unusual examples of trucking around the Western world. Their visits to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Sweden and elsewhere have all produced footage of configurations and large-scale work unlikely to be found in the UK.

Pete Connock works as a full-time driver while Martin Phippard, semi-retired, is still in the transport industry. Both are privileged to join in with the activities they film, resulting in plenty of in-cab shots and drivers’ action. Their latest programme, Show Time!, takes us to Switzerland to look at the particular features of the Swiss trucking industry. The DVD includes the Interlaken truckers’ festival and a memorable session with a T-line Scania logger with independent trailer steering at work on steep hairpins in the Swiss mountains.

All CP Productions programmes are fully scripted with a clear narration.

These DVDs are available to order here. For further information please contact Heather Jarrold: [email protected], phone 01473 238200. A checklist of titles follows; a short catalogue will be available from 7 October.

CP Productions DVDs
Australian Adventures Volume 1 (2001), 60 minutes, £16.95
Australian Adventures Volume 2 (2002), 57 minutes, £16.95
B-Train Bonanza 1 (2007), 75 minutes, £16.95
B-Train Bonanza 2 (2008), 90 minutes, £16.95
Bulkhaul (2006), 83 minutes, £16.95
Bulkhaul 2 (2009), 70 minutes, £16.95
Cross Canada Haul (1997), 60 minutes, £16.95
Great Lakes Specials (1993), 60 minutes, £12.99
International Heavy Haul (2001), 57 minutes, £16.95
Loaded & Rollin' (2005), 70 minutes, £16.95
Pilgrim's Progress (2003), 60 minutes, £16.95
Quarries and Lorries (2004), 60 minutes, £16.95
Seeing Double  (1996), 60 minutes, £16.95
Show Time! (2010), 57 minutes, £12.99
Top Tipper Trio (2007), 53 minutes, £16.95
West Coast – Revisited (1999), 58 minutes, £16.95

Archive footage is the speciality of Roundoak programmes made by Nynehead’s Robin Pearson. Old Pond has been able to offer the popular Bedford DVD for a number of years. The other titles are new to Old Pond distribution.

Roundoak DVDs
Pickfords at Work (1997), 50 minutes, £16.95
Bedford: you saw them everywhere (2005), £16.95
Wynns 1 (1996), 28 minutes, £14.95
Wynns 2 (2002), 50 minutes, £16.95
Wynns 3 (2005), 45 minutes, £16.95